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And Ive gotta say, the absence of Oakland from that highest tier of cities is a welcome change I hope becomes a new normal for a city that historically has always been near the top of these infamous stats. GO Oakland!

Homicide numbers really count for very little, and only get attention in the media because they're spectacular stories that play to peoples' fears. In reality most homicides are targeted towards people the perps knew. It would be more meaningful if we detached gang on gang murders and put them in another category.

In 1973, with the discovery of four bodies in Henry Cowell State Park, then District Attorney Peter Chang mumbled a comment about "Murderville, USA." It was picked up by a reporter and went to wire service as "Murder Capital of the World." Santa Cruz was stuck with the nickname for many years because of local serial killers, Herbert Mullin, Edmund Emil Kemper III and John Linley Frazier.

If Richmond, Oakland, Vallejo, East Palo ALto, Hayward, San Lorenzo, San Leandro, and East San Jose are considered dumps and crime infested in Bay Area. It this is the so,

So is San Francisco

As it meets the standard

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